Machine for cutting strips from web material.



C. HNFHORDARSUN. MACHINE ma CUTTING Smm mom 'WEB MMI-:MAL

APPLIGATON iLED MAY 14, i913.

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APPLIGATIDN TILED MAY 14, i913.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 14,1913.

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a. full, siem, and exact description iziieree'iQ reference being haii Se the. .fieeempanyixg f w n drawings and to the characters 0x imei-enea marked tilereem, which form e. pait 0i eine pmrieuiaxiiy pointed mit. in' the This inventiim relates te machine for cutting strips or: mbbons iiem sheets 0i Wens uf paper or like thm matermi and Winding the Cut strips or lfibbens in Con''pf-ici, eiis 50 .that they muy be reeiiy handled 02.: Suisse quent; w" and embraces aise iieehamem for eut-ting ai; one time strips or "ribbons i'om a, piumiity of sheee or webs thai ae fed tof gather the Qui-fing mechanism of izhe :frie- C'iii'ne so that @zieh foil of stifips 01" ribbons produced may be. composed of two es? more strips or ribboixs.

The imeniioii l'e-.ages eis@ falo an impr-@ved euin'g device or eiement im* severing: the web inte ships vilt-h means fm* pesitiveiy feeding die web' mui the strips between the @ending euaing demente.

The imentien xeiaes aise ib an improved means foi' dirmi-ing the, stipe er ribbens te Lheeeis en which ifhey ae wound.

The invention relai-es miher te other improveniente in machin s mhe generzgi pug?- pose siaed, and the invention consists m the matiere bereinefe sei forth :uni mcie appends@ claims.

@he n'meiiiie 'heein shown may be used fm1' a. variety of pmposes. s has been de 'iggnefi ie cui'. ships :im one er more webs @suini-ing paper o1: material sind Wind v'hem in foils imm whiei. they meiifterward mi'oiied sind Wound. bem'een the minimoto? Jtrips 01* ribbons of a irauoimer el ohei ceii to eonefmtue ijn@ inguiafng .medium uw tween 511e turns G the eoii. as for instance, by the use of the machine shown in my prior n'ppliceton for United States Leiters Pat.- ent Serial No. P iOl, filed January 24, wig.

fin the imWin-YSi-Figure 'i side eievzitien of the pmcipai parts of tim machine QmbOrf/"U my irwenton.` Fig'. Q s'a pian View limi-eef. 3 is a Section'teien en Femme@ New. ie, 1914. 3eme-e tiieiineB--fi Gi Fig. l. Fig 4 is a partial exim section ef eine of the euttefs. Fig'. y5 ifs e. perie pian View ei the (zo-acting paper @uiting and feeding eiements of the machine. 60 1F ig. 6 is a fragment-ary section on the iin@ wi ai Fig. '5. Fig. T is a 'diagiammatic 'View 'ehem/mfg ihe reiatibn of the strip re- 'eeiz 1g ie'eie in theii 'relation to the other paris.

The" Sijmvmi i0' suppers a bracket le, shown issveticaiiy acigusiable thereon and leei' thereto by h@ sei screw 15g-.nd said Y ioiaciiet carries e. sposi upon which a 1011'01' oiis i6 6 iiieweio site Wemmel. Vehen tw'o 75 m mre Weie are "miami inni sind@ resi, means ie Suppen one rail (miy Wifi be ref` f" w 5 y limi-feu. he simrsia of the Spcois 0r mais which carry said ois are reiatively mounted in bearings i8? 1S cai-fied by the' bracket 30 '14: As 'herein Qimmy p'ovisons are made im' sug9po*iiig two efr 'mich web xolis, each keii @eine g of a singie 'contiriuous web. The webs 19, '19 which are uxwmmci romsaid miie 'are cii'eeee b Suitasie guides 20' 5- e the space between txe'two 'cutting 'eie- Enenifs ei iii@ maehiixe designated, as a Whoie, by 21. 22 espectiveiy, between which' the web er Webs are mssed ami by which they are cut inw strips. The said cutting ele-90 ments 21g 22, herein S'iwwn are rota-tive and im this purpese may ine fixed the ijotating simfs', 21%, espeetiveiy, which Pare roaiivey meente@ in the Verticai side members 13., l of faire z'ame. 'The said sh'ai'ts 95 9Bi 24: me geared iegeheiV by the intermesh ing gemis 25 e@ as te reime a? egual speeds., imei one ei? tixe shafts, to Wit., me shaft 23 vasiiiewn herein, is pr'ided with a. bei? 9.8 i?) it may be di'iven iwi-arly Suitable meter (not shown). y

Each of zhe rotetlve @uiting elements em# braces a piurality ef ciisis 'imving hubs up ei' the disks 'ae so'um'anged that the peripherai emacfee ei the isks 30 of' H18' wheei ci* puiiey 2 i@ receive a ciiiing beit 100 33. The i'oating euiing elements thus made 1 10 'cutting element at one side of the'path of the 34 between two disks of the opposite cutting element so that opposite cutting edges 33 of the opposite disks'y overlap each other in shearing relation, as most clearly indicated in Figs. 5 and 6; and it is between these coacting shearing edges that the web material is cut into strips or ribbons.

ln order to reliably feed the material between and present it to said shearing edges and to support thematerial While it is being cut, the spaces between adjacent disks 30 of each cutting element is provided with a friction element, herein shown as having the form of rubber or other yielding rings 35 which lie closely adjacent to the cutting edges 33. These rings 35 are shown as spaced apart and are made separately from, and are supported by, wider rings 36 of yielding material, as rubber, which fill the spaces between adjacent disks. One of each two adjacent disks may be undercut, as shown in Fig. 4, to reliably hold the rings 36 in place. Gbviously, however, the rings 35 and 36 may be made integral. The said elements serve to laterally' support the sheet material so as to' avoid loosening'e or sagging thereof and, therefore, holds the material reliably to the cutting edges. By reason of the offset relation of the cutting edges of the rotary cutting elements, the peripheral faces 32, 32,

.at the lateral edges of which are formed thel cutting edges, are presented in apposition to and bear against the peripheralfaces of the yielding feedsrings 35as most clearly shown in Fie'. 5. The said yielding feed rings 35 are siibstantially flush with the circular peripheral faces 32 of the cutting elements and are4 immediately adjacentto or in contact with the disks at their cutting or shearing edges, so that when the cutting edges of the:

disks overlap in shearing relation, the feed rings are slightly compressed by the disks,v

to thereby afford a positive feed o f the web material between `the rotative cutting elements. The strips which are thus cut from lthe webs 19 are wound upon reels 41, A41

located in sets on the opposite sides of the cutting line of the cutting elements 21,- Each set of said reels is fixed to a shaft 43 and said shafts are rotatively mounted intheY lower ends of swinging arms 44, 44 which latter are swingingly supported at theirupper ends on horizontal. shafts 45, 45 that? extend transi ersely between and are supported on brackets 46, 46 that extend divergently from and are supported in any suitable manner on the frame members 13. The said arms 44 and the shafts 43 constitute framesV t0 carry the strip receiving reels.' The said shafts 45 'are rotated fromthe shafts 23, 24,

before -referred to, through the medium of belts 47,47 which are trained about pulleys 48, 48 on said shafts 23', 24 and other pulle s 49, 49 on the shafts 45. The reels on w ich the cut strips are rolled are rotated from the pulleys 49, 49 through the medium of belts 5U, 50 trained about the latter pulleys and other pulleys 52, 52 on the reel shafts 43, 43. yEhe arms 44, 44 which thus carryI the reels are free to swing at their lower ends toward and away from the cut-I ting elements and the construction enables said arms and the parts carried thereby to thus move toward and away from said cutting elements without interfering withA the driving connections between said reels and the shafts 23, 24. The said reels, or the strip rolls wound thereon, are normallyprcssed toward the cutting elements so that the strips are wound directly upon the reelsA as they are delivered from ,the cutting elements so as to thereby wind the strips into compact rolls. As herein shown, the reels are pressed to ward the cutting elements by means of the weights 55, 55 which are suspended on the lower ende ofcables 56, 56 that are trained between their ends about directing pulleys 57, 57 and are attached at their upper ends to arms 58,58 which are attached in any suitable manner to the swinging reel carryingfrarnes. Thus it will be Iseen that the reels are normally held pressed against the adjacent sides of the cutting elements 21, 22 so that the strips cut by said elements are delivered directly from the cutting'elements to the reels; and by reason of the pressure exerted by the weights 55, 55 or equivalent pressure, the stri is are maintained in proper tension to Wind t lem compactly on the reels and are pressed or ironed by the pressure of the reels or rolls thereon against the rotative cutting elements. In order that the reels, when thestrips are first wound there on may closely approach thel cutting elements, the side plates or members 13 may be cut away, as shown at 60, to permit the shal'fts "of `the reels)A to enter therein and the reels to press agains the rotative cutting elements.

In order that the strips may be directed accurately to the reels, and in order to hold the turns of the roll laterally inplace onV the rccl,'l provide a series of guide fingers whichV are attached to, the machine, as

`herein shown, by being fixed to bars 66 that are bolted or otherwise attached to the bed plate 12; and said fingers extend outwardly from their points of attachment with their free ends overlapping the reels or rolls of strip thereon, as most clearly shown in Figs.

2 and 3. ,The saidvguide fingers are made ofv flatstrips of metal and bear iatwiseA against thc sides of the reels or rolls of strips wound thereon with a slight pressure and thereby maintain the margins of the strips Hush with cach,l other. so that thesides of the rolls produced are smooth. i

lt is not always practicableto obtain webs from which the strips are cut of exactly the loo mossos width re uired so' reduce the number "'ie'vei hrs 55 55 inthe resent instance P g a P a strips to e produced therefrom, nor is .is eivvoysl proeeieeble 'so einem Webs homing imshed eds-es such es eredesuehie to ilove 'in the strips. j For "ehlfsresson, E lhave lorohr vided means ier disposing vof the narrow.

strips out from the exereroedges of the web, es follows: G, Y0 desigoerse @we reels looeed in rear of ehe machine end mounted on s roooive shes 'F1 Whisk isinuru-rotdsively mounted on she outer ends of outwardly ood downzverdiy exi'fending; bers, *l'whioh are attached e?, heile iorvverd :ends L brackets K3, Z3 eupporeed by she sidelp-iees', 13, es

zherein'shown. "d'0, Z0 ere in me @vidi edgesoiehesreo'snd the nerrovf side srips 75, 555 `erebfrmn the extreme rototed simough the medium 'efe puilejv 'XGL on the shsfs "l andl e, beit i7 trained around 4ehe puieyandV odsped to he trained about the puliey of? e; driving motor (not shown).

This' moor moyfhe she seme motor lthe?,1

In order to elem' he reels from the guide" ingers G5 when fche relis are to he removed, brace hers 75, (8 provldedwhich ore hing-ed si; chem? upper ends to the hers '32,

or osher peros-oi* the machine, se by means' of the pins eudsegid broos hors ererof such iengeh shes when thereeii carrying, frames sgr'e swungjsouewurdy ewa-ey. from she cutting elements-ehe ends of ehe .brace here engage ehe' shosg-or ossee parisv oz she ree drames so us to hod: shefrees .outwardly owey i rore the Cutting' i e'e'onentsv As 'heron 'about which they ere"trained to' ermit as the reus of strips -gedusy iueresise inv diomeer hejf need not hel moored et o greater periphero speed than ai: the beginning of the Winding oneresion;

'.he operm'ziofo of bhe machine will he epperent- 'from 'ehe foregoing description and o reeepitulotion thereof is not deemed neces-- sary. is W'ii; be understood, however, that the web or Webs are guided into the cutting spooehetveeen Vthe euting eiements by the guide 9.0 sind ore nnvvound from the Poils i6 by tension derived from the reed notion of the web between she rolls, and thor the strips after being out from the web are delivered direct to the reeis 41 and Wound thereon. The seid reels are.heirljejg;is;l yieiding pressure, eieeted meinst the emitting elements and es' the rolls mi? serine inereesegreduell in -iam'eter'the pressure devices permit t e reel fran, to move outvverdly to accommodate the, inoresseediemeter of the rolls, while et, the seme time they ect to hold the peripheries on zhe reel shafts.

is will be understood that the struoturol details illustrated and described may be somewhat voried Within the spirit andscops of theinvention, and that thev invention .is

os imposed by the prior srt.

deine as my invention: .i

l. A machine for hepurpos it ,forth comprising two coscing rototive, steipeeusting eeznents, each provided with oi-series of spaced circuler cutting edges with the edges @fone siemens overeppn'ginsheoring, reotion the' @seizing vedges of the other feeh'iene, end friction *feed meous hesween sind immediately adjsoe o so she/cutting edges o* each element y 2. A machine for the purposeseij ior'th comprising 'two oo-ecting rotative, stripeut, Iting eiemenos each composed:A of e. series o .spie/eed disks svin cutting* edges, Withthe .ed pted fo coast in shearing relation with f ie cutting edgesof the other eemenj, and rrietionfeed rmeens between end immedi- =ose1y adjacent to ehe oue'ting edges of the disks of each element; l 3. A`moc1ine`-for she purpose .set forth eomprising two cao-seizingl rotative, strip-cutting elements, oooh composed of o series of spaced disks having cutting edges, with the cutting edges 'of the disks of one eiement adopted to cose?, in shearing reiotion with the'edg'es of the other element, the disks of one element being arranged out; of line with those of the other element, and friction feed ineens between the disks of each element adopted for compressive rolling Contact with the peripheries of the said disks.

e. A machine for the purpose set forth comprising two eo-eeting rotative, stripseutting eiements, each composed of s series of spaced disks having squared cutting edges, with the cutting edges of 'the disks of one siemens adapted "eo Coast in shearing reis,-

o thoformiug 'rolls against the cutting e1enot limited to such-details except as 'hereinafter mede the subject of specio elaim'ssnd rees are removed and other reelsfere peced leo cutting edges of tie disks of one element' tion with the edges of the other eienient,y the disks of one element being arranged out of line with those ofthe other element, and yielding friction 1feed means between the disks of each element adapted for compressive roiiing Contact with the peripheries of seid disks.

5. ii machine for `the-purpose set forth comprising two cin-acting rotative, strip-cutting elements, each provided With a series oli' spaced circular cutting edges with the edges of one element overlapping in shearing reieti-on the cutting edges of the other element, friction feed means between and immediately adjacent t the shearing edges of each element, and a guide for directing a web between the cutting elements.

6. A machine for the purpose set forth com risin two co-actinf rotative stri -cutw ting elements, eech provided with a series of spaced circular cutting edges with the edges of one element overlapping in sheeriiig relation the cutting edges of the other element, ifriction feed means between the cutting-edges of each element, a piurality of separate reels for separately supporting Web rolls, 'and guides to receive the webs from said reels and to direct them to the cutting elements. p

Y. A machine for the purpose set forth comprising tivo co-acting rotiitive,.stripcut ting elements, each embracing a series of .disks arranged side by side and each provided et its lateral margins with two circuler cutting edges, the disks of one element being ont of lino with those oi' the other elements so as to' thereby bring the cuttingT edges thereof inshearing relation, and yielding friction ineens in the spaces between siiid disks, and adapted ior rolling and coinpressive contact with the opposing peripheries of the disks.

S. Si.' machine forthe purpose set forth 4Voinprising 4eli-acting strip-cutting ineens, with mean forfeeding a ive'b thereto, reels to separately receive strips cut from said web, said ieels'hnd the strip rolls thereon -bcing adapted to' be maintained in contact with the cutting' means and the reels' being l movable toward'iand from ,the cutting ineens,

end ineens acting on the4 reels to normaliy press them toward the strip cutting means, while peri'nitting-them to' yield away from the cutting means as the diameters of the o roils increase on the reels.

Q. A machine for the purpose set forth comprising co-cctingvvsti'iociitting means, withineiins for feedingn web thereto, reels receive strips cut from said web, seid reels and the rolls thereon being` adopted to be maintained in Contact with the cutting ineens, a .swinging frame for carrying' said reels. and means acting on said freine for normsilv Dressing the reels toward said and means whereby finzione/i strip-cutting means Whiie permitting them to yield swayfrorn said cutting means.

l0. In a' machine for the purpose set forth, two co-acting rotative strip.' cuttingr elements comprising' spaced cutting edges which overlap .in shearing reiation und tween which e web is out into strips, and strip receiving reels adapted for Contact with and yieldable from said cutting eie- .rnents as the diameters of the strip rolls increase.

il. In e machine for the purpose set forth, two (2o-'acting rotative strip-cutting elements comprising spaced cutting edges which overlap in shearing relation, and botween which a web is cut into strips, with yielding friction feed means between seid edges, and strip receiving reels adopted for Contact with end yieidable from tiie'cutting elements as the diameters of the strip i'oils increase.

l2. A machine fofthe purpose set forth comprising co-acting strip-cutting ineens, with means for feeding e .Web thereto, reels to receive strips cut :from seid web, a swinging frame for carrying seid reels, means acting to yieldingly press the reels toward said. cuttingmeans, and. :t swinging bei: hinged to c. fixed port ot the machine traine and adapted to engage at its free end seid 'frame to hoid the reels away from the sti.ipcut ting means. f5:

13. A maehinefor the purpose set forth con'iprising tivo rotative strip-cutting ele ments, each embracing a series of spaced disks having cutting edges arranged in over lapping shearing relation, with means for feeding :i web between them, and two sets of reels, one at eschside of said cutting ele; ments to receive strips cut from the web., seid disks are pressed toward und in Contact With said cutting elements, but yieldable sway therefrom as the diameters of the stri p-rolls thereon increasevr 14. A machine for' the purpose. set iorth comprising effecting strip-cutting ineens with ineens for feeding :L web thereto, end two sets of reels. one on eech side of the stripcutting means to receive the strip out from said webs, the reels of one set being out of line 'with the reels of the other set whereby uitcrnate strips` :ire delivered to reels on opposite sides or' the strip-cutting means.

l5. A machine for the purpose set 'forth cciinprisingI two rotative strip-cutting eiements, erich composed of :i series of .spaced disks having cutting; edges with the cutting edges of one set overlnm'iing inshearing relotion, the cutting edges oi the other set, means to ,guide a web between said elen'ients, and two sets or" reeis, one .set at each side of thc said cutting elements, to receive the strips cut from said web, with the reels o one set out of line with the reelso the other set, whereby alternate strips are directed to reels at opposite sides of the machine.

16. A machine for the purpose set forth comprising two rotative strip-cutting elements, each composed of a spaced series of circular disks having cutting edges, 'With the cutting edges of one set overlapping in shearing relation the cutting edges or" the yother set, means to present a web` between vthe said elements, two Sets of reels, one set.

at each side of the said cutting elements, to receive the strips cutfroin said web, with the reels of one set ont of line with the reels of the other set, whereby alternate strips are directed to reels at opposite sides ot the machine, and means whereby the said reels are yieldingly pressed toward said cutting elements.

17. A machine for the purpose set forth comprising effecting, rotative' strip-cutting elements, means for feeding a web thereto, two sets of reels, one set on each side ot said strip-cutting;r elements and adapted to bear directly against said elements to directly receive the strips ont from said web, and means for yieldingly pressing said reels toward said strip-cuttinfr means While permit ting them to yield away from the cutting elements.

l. A machine :tor the purpose set forthA comprising co-acting, rotative strip-cutting elements, with means for feeding1 a web thereto, two sets of reels for receiving the strips cnt from said Web, located one at each side of the cutting means and adapted for contact with said elements on lines remote from their lines of co-action, a swinging frame for carrying said reels, and means coasting with said frame *for yielding'lv pressing said reels toward said stripecntting elements.

l). A machine for the purpose set forth comprising co-acting strip-cutting elements, with means for feeding1 a web thereto, tivo sets of reels tor receiving the strips ont 'from said wel), located one on each side ot the cuttinggmeans, swingingr frames :tor carryingsaid reels, cables attached to said swinging trames, pulleys about which the cables are trained and weights suspended by said cables, for the purpose set forth.

20. A machine for the purpose set forth' coniprisingw two co-acting rotative, strip-cutting eleirnents` each provided with a series of spaced circular cutting edges with. the edges of one element overlapping in shearing relation with the cutting edges of the other element, reels to receive the strips cnt from a web and guides adjacent to the cutting elements overlapping and pressing' against the opposite sides of each reel to directly receive the strips from the cutting elements and guide them to said reels.

2l. A. machine for the purpose set forth comprising co-acting strip-cuttingr means, means for feeding a web thereto, reels n1ov-- able toward and :from the cutting means to receive the strips cut from the wel) and fixed guides arranged in pairs between the cutting means and said reels, with. the 'guides oit each pair overlapping s coperating reel and the roll wound thereon.

22. A machine for the 'purpose set forth comprising tivo co-acting rotative, stripcutting elements, each provided with a series ot' spaced circular cutting edges with the edges of one element overlapping in smearing relation the cutting edges or" the other element, reels to receive the st ips cnt from a "web, means to press the reels toward the strip-cutting elements while permitting them to `yield away therefrom, and guides overlapping the reels and the rolls wound thereon to guide the strips from the cnt-ting; means to said reels.

- A machine for the purpose set forth comprising two rotative cutting members formed with cylindric squared peripheries to constitute lateral shearing edges which overlap in shearing relation, ay yieldingriction feed member on each cutting member irnmediatel)v adjacent to the cutting edges, arranged with the friction 'feed members, one on each of two coperating" shearing edges, said feed member of each cutting member bearing in rolling Contact against the squared periphery of the other cutting member.

1n testimony, that l claim the foregoing as my invention l aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 9th day of Mav. A. D. ll. Y

Canarias H. irnonnanson. lVitnesses r iV. L. HALL, GEORGE E. HIGHAM. 

